A Kid in King Arthur's Court (1995)
Average Rating: 3.1/10
Reviews Counted: 13
Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 13
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Critic Reviews: 4
Fresh: 0 | Rotten: 4
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This comedy offers yet another sanitized and very loose adaptation of Mark Twain's dark satire A Yankee in King Arthur's Court. This time, the story centers on Calvin Fuller, a nerdy young adolescent living in Reseda. The gangly, unsure youth is first seen standing at bat, ready for yet another strike out. Suddenly a terrible earthquake hits and as the others run for safety, the hapless Calvin is swallowed up in a gaping chasm. He falls and falls until he finds himself landing on the head of a
Aug 11, 1995 Wide
Mar 4, 2003
Cast
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Joss Ackland
King Arthur -
Daniel Craig
Master Kane -
Art Malik
Lord Belasco -
Vincent Marzello
Dad -
Ron Moody
Merlin -
Thomas Ian Nicholas
Calvin Fuller -
Shane Rimmer
Coach -
Barry Stanton
Blacksmith -
Debora Weston
Mom -
J.P. Guerin
Umpire -
Catherine Blake
Maya -
Kate Winslet
Princess Sarah -
Paloma Baeza
Princess Katey
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All Critics (13) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (0) | Rotten (13)
The ragtag adaptation by Michael Part and Robert Levy is familiar fodder run through a blender too high and too fast.
Top CriticSluggish and low-energy.
There's nothing particularly wrong with A Kid in King Arthur's Court and nothing right with it, either.
Because of the square, lackluster way that director Michael Gottleib has staged his material, the whole production seems sort of limp and perfunctory.
Lame and surprisingly awkward from start to finish.
For fantasy to work, two elements are required: an audience willing to suspend its disbelief, and a film able to create its own logically consistent world.
An hour and a half video aquarium for the kids.
Even with Nichols, decent production values, a pair of plucky princesses, and a few pleasant surprises tucked in here and there, A Kid in King Arthur's Court is a pretty prosaic picture.
A negligible piece of juvenile fluff.
Audience Reviews for A Kid in King Arthur's Court
Super Reviewer
If I remember correctly though, Kate Winslet is in this, so that's cool.
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